Heinrich Halfeld

He is most famous for having planned the development of a part of the inner region of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, especially that of the city of Juiz de Fora.

In 1834 he bought a sesmaria on the shore of the Piracicaba River and in 1836 was named "Engineer of the Province of Minas Gerais", when he started living in Ouro Preto (then Vila Rica).

He got married a second time on 8 January 1840, with Cândida Maria Carlota, daughter of his host, Lieutenant Antônio Dias Tostes.

In 1842, at the rank of Captain of Engineering, takes part in the victory of loyal Imperial troops in the Battle of Santa Luzia.

He became a widower again in 1866, and in the following year got married a third time with Maria Luiza da Cunha Pinto Coelho.